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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 794
SEXUAL BATTERY
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F.S. 794.021
794.021 Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense.When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim’s being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age be a defense.
History.s. 2, ch. 74-121.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 794.021
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 794.021.



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Cases Citing Statute 794.021

Total Results: 15

Cary Caster v. Roger Miller

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-06-26

Snippet: 3D22-265, 3D22-266 Lower Tribunal Nos. 21-793, 21-794, 21-795, 21-796, 21-4023, 21-2539

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-04.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2018-11-15

Citation: 257 So. 3d 370

Snippet: 937 So.2d 818 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006); § 794.021, Fla. Stat. *374 The defendant's

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES-INSTRUCTIONS 7.8, 7.8(A), and 11.1-11.6(A)

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2016-04-14

Citation: 190 So. 3d 1055, 2016 WL 1460708

Snippet: medical purposes is not a sexual battery. § 794.021, Fla. Stat. Ignorance of (victim’s) age

In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-01-29

Citation: 156 So. 3d 1037

Snippet: chastity is not a defense to the crime charged. § 794.021, Fla. Stat. Ignorance of (victim’s) age, (victim’s)

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases – Report No. 2014-03

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-01-29

Citation: 156 So. 3d 1037, 2015 WL 358011

Snippet: not a defense to the crime charged. § 794.021, Fla. Stat. Ignorance of (victim’s) age,

Escambia County School District/Board v. Vickery-Orso

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2013-04-03

Citation: 109 So. 3d 1242, 2013 WL 1316535, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 5442

Snippet: resignation: $794.21. Using the most strict reading of the statute: sixty-six percent of 794.21 is 524.1786

State v. Washington

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-06-27

Citation: 114 So. 3d 182, 2012 WL 2400879, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 10401

Snippet: left no doubt as to its intention that [section 794.021] be treated as a strict liability crime for which

Brown v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-05-22

Citation: 11 So. 3d 428, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 5871, 2009 WL 1424047

Snippet: supplement contains an erroneous reference to section 794.021 (ignorance of victim's age no defense). This was

Rivera v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-01-23

Citation: 1 So. 3d 1158, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 360, 2009 WL 188047

Snippet: defense to the crime with which he was charged. § 794.021; see Feliciano v. State, 937 So.2d 818, 819 (Fla

Feliciano v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2006-09-20

Citation: 937 So. 2d 818, 2006 WL 2682580

Snippet: knowledge of the minor's age. To the contrary, section 794.021, Florida Statutes (2003), provides that ignorance

Hodge v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-03-10

Citation: 866 So. 2d 1270, 2004 WL 432501

Snippet: criminal scienter on the part of Hodge. Section 794.021, Florida Statutes (2000), unequivocally provides

Huffman v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-06-07

Citation: 813 So. 2d 10, 2001 WL 617716

Snippet: same chapter, the Legislature enacted section 794.021, titled "Involuntary Sexual Battery."[2] In 1981

State v. Sorakrai

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-04-26

Citation: 543 So. 2d 294, 1989 WL 41177

Snippet: statutory rape, the legislature provided in section 794.021 that: When, in this chapter, the criminality of

Smith v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-12-05

Citation: 365 So. 2d 405

Snippet: the applicable statutory provision as Section 794.021(2), Florida Statutes (1975). This is an obvious

Donaldson v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1978-02-27

Citation: 356 So. 2d 351, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15480

Snippet: the first count alleging a violation of F.S. 794.021(1) (apparently intending to allege a violation